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The World Comes to Cajun Country

April 1, 1989 by: Ben Sandmel

Imagine a mostly-free festival where you can hear master drummers from the African nation of Burundi, watch medieval Belgian stilt-dancers, listen to voodoo-influenced music from Haiti, dance to Caribbean zouk bands and Arabian rock groups, see the latest in films and artwork from France, and much, much more—surrounded all the while by great food from these diverse areas, and the best in Louisiana cuisine and music. This array of cultural riches and sensory bombardment is formally known as th...

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